Are you looking for alternatives to offline advertising at live events and generate new revenue opportunities? Consider investing in a very own gaming tournament platform for your brand. Over the past months, esports were able to attract thousands of consumers by providing a fun digital alternative to the live event vacuum. The quick set-up, easy scaling and low entry barrier make it possible to have a live and active platform in next to no time. And once you’re online, smart gamification elements enable you to keep users engaged, build a community of brand ambassadors, significantly increase eyeball time and in the end, boost sales. Moreover, this new medium enables you to reach new and bigger audiences, and gain more insights on who is interested in your brand to leverage in future marketing campaigns.

With consumers at the wheel of their own digital experience and an overflow of content to consume it’s becoming increasingly difficult to capture someone’s attention. However platforms like Facebook or Instagram manage to suck you into their system all the time. Lots of digital experiences leverage gamification to support their engagement goals and supercharge growth. So how do you create long-term digital engagement? How do you get your audience hooked?

The shortage of sports content due to the corona breakout is asking broadcasters sport organizations and brands to get creative in capturing attention. We’ve seen reruns of all-time classics and viral social media challenges by star athletes. During these times esports are still standing. Lots of organizations are turning to this fast growing media branch as a solution to bring fan engagement online without any live competitions going on.

As a sport club you’re not only competing against other sports clubs, you are also competing against companies such as Netflix, Youtube and Twitch which seem to engage younger audiences in a low cost and scalable way. The attention of your fans is monetizable and with all live sports events cancelled, sports clubs and sponsors are looking for new ways to sustainably engage with their fandoms.